EP0488093B1 - Verbesserungen an einem Besteckbehälter für Geschirrspülmaschinen - Google Patents

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EP0488093B1
EP0488093B1 EP91120016A EP91120016A EP0488093B1 EP 0488093 B1 EP0488093 B1 EP 0488093B1 EP 91120016 A EP91120016 A EP 91120016A EP 91120016 A EP91120016 A EP 91120016A EP 0488093 B1 EP0488093 B1 EP 0488093B1
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Gaetano Olivieri
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L19/00—Drying devices for crockery or table-ware, e.g. tea-cloths
    • A47L19/04—Crockery baskets; Draining-racks
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L15/00—Washing or rinsing machines for crockery or tableware
    • A47L15/42—Details
    • A47L15/50—Racks ; Baskets
    • A47L15/502—Cutlery baskets

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  • the present invention relates to a cutlery basket for a dishwashing machine, divided into compartments, presenting a base comprising a plurality of holes which allow for the washing liquid to pass through.
  • Dishwasher cutlery baskets of the type described are known; in which their bottom can be for instance formed of small crossed bars, or obtained with other systems, for example small nets, the material being of metal or stamped plastic; however the holes must be small, so as to avoid thin pieces, such as tea-spoon handles, passing through the holes; whereas small bars must therefore be relatively close to each other.
  • the small distance between the bars, or the small size of the holes, has the effect of substantially hindering the flow of the washing liquid through the base of the basket; in particular the draining of the liquid is greatly obstructed, thus the cutlery tends to remain wet even after the drying cycle has terminated, something that all dishwasher owners have certainly come across.
  • a second grid 12 is also provided, placed below the first real base 10, being of such a vertical distance to avoid the forming of the film of water between the two.
  • a cutlery basket is known, divided into different compartments, the base of each compartment presenting a plurality of holes and an elevation in correspondence of the inner wall of each compartment.
  • the cutlery contained into each compartment of the basket has the natural tendency to amass in the same lower portion of the bottom: this amass of the cutlery has the consequence of determining a bad evacuation of water and therefore a bad drying of the cutlery and the basket itself.
  • a cutlery cup is also known, for a manual rinsing, which rests on the bottom of a sink and has an infrastructure which engages the sink drain.
  • Said cutlery cup which does not has the basic problem of assuring the perfect drying of the cutlery and the basket, has the bottom contoured in order to direct water into four drain openings provided in the lowest portions of the bottom.
  • the cutlery will amass just in correspondence of the drain holes: apart from the already cited problems deriving from the amassment, some pieces of cutlery will obstruct the drain openings, determining the bad evacuation of water and the bad drying of the cup and the cutlery contained therein.
  • the invention is based on the knowledge of these facts, the aims of the present invention are to indicate a cutlery basket for dishwashing machines that eliminates such inconveniences with the use of simple means, without practically increasing costs.
  • the present invention has as its object a cutlery basket as defined by the characterising features of the independent claim 1. Further improvements and embodiments of the invention are indicated in the dependent claims.
  • FIG 1 With reference to figure 1, in which a schematic and, partially sectioned view of a cutlery basket according to the invention is represented, it is observed how the basket 1, realised in stamped plastic material, is divided, by means of holed divisional walls 2, 3, and 4, into six compartments with practically square bases; the base of each compartment, formed by a plurality of small crossed bars, presenting a central elevation 5, the base itself being shaped to the form of a pyramid.
  • the two divisional walls 2 and 4 are indicated that define one of the six compartments; the base of said compartment is made up of a plurality of small crossed bars 7 and 9.
  • Figures 3 and 4 make a comparison, by means of the partial schematic sections, of the base of the basket according to the invention (fig.3) and the base of the known solution, in particular the solution described in the French patent application N°77 26947 (fig.4).
  • said figures show the base of the compartments of the two solutions, where 8 and 8' indicate the lateral wall of the basket and 2 and 2' indicates one of the divisional walls that define the compartment.
  • the base of the compartment presents a central elevation 5, i.e. the vertex of a pyramid that constitutes the practically square base.
  • the height (H) of the vertex of the pyramid with respect the sides of the base is typically that of 8-10 mm; the sides of which can be typically 60 mm; the gradient between the height and side being 1/7.
  • Figure 4 schematically represents the base of the cutlery basket described in the French patent application° 77 26947. As can be seen, the base of such is in this case doubled, in the sense that it is constituted by two grids 10 and 12, placed on two horizontal planes X and Y appropriately distanced between themselves.
  • the cutlery can be inserted, without paying particular attention, in the various compartments of the basket, as the lateral inclination of the pyramid in each compartment allows for a natural distribution in four directions, without any risks of the cutlery grouping itself in the proximity of the corners of the base.
  • the small bars 8 and 9 are appropriately distanced both for the aim of allowing the washing liquid that has to exit the basket to pass through, and with the aim of making the formation of a film of liquid between the mesh difficult; furthermore there is no risk that the cutlery leave the basket through the holes.
  • the drainage and the absence of the formation of the film of liquid are self assuring due to the fact that the remaining water, even in the contact points between the cutlery and the base, is to be found on an inclined surface; therefore, in a natural manner, the water is conveyed along the four directions, towards the sides of the elevated base of the pyramid that constitutes the base of each compartment (as indicated in figure 3).
  • the pointed form of the sides of the base (two of which, being indicated with 20 and 21, are visible in fig.3) make it extremely easy for the evacuation of the remaining drops that do not fall vertically through the holes, but run along the lower part of the small bars.

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  1. Besteckbehälter für eine Geschirrspülmaschine, unterteilt in Fächer, die von einer Anzahl Wänden (2, 3, 4, 8) gebildet sind, von denen zumindest die Außenwände (8) jedes Faches mit Löchern versehen sind, wobei jedes der Fächer einen Boden aufweist, der nicht eben ist und eine Anzahl von Löchern zum Passieren der Spülflüssigkeit aufweist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Boden (7, 9) eines jeden Faches eine zentrale Anhebung (5) aufweist, und daß diese zentrale Anhebung (5) vorgesehen ist, um eine gleichmäßige Aufteilung der Bestecke innerhalb des Faches zu erlangen, ohne jegliches zusätzliches Element zu benötigen.
  2. Besteckbehälter nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Boden (7, 9) eines jeden Faches in Form einer Pyramide (5) ausgebildet ist.
  3. Besteckbehälter nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Boden der Pyramide im wesentlichen quadratisch ist.
  4. Besteckbehälter nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Anhebung (5) nicht höher als 10 mm ist.
  5. Besteckbehälter nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Pyramide (5) zwischen dem höchsten Punkt und der Seite des Bodens eine Steigung von ca. 1/7 aufweist.
  6. Besteckbehälter nach einem oder mehreren der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Boden des Behälters aus schmalen Querstreben (7, 9) gebildet ist.
  7. Besteckbehälter nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die schmalen Querstreben (7, 9) untereinander in einem solchen Abstand gekreuzt sind, um die Bildung eines Wasserfilms über den Öffnungen in dem Boden zu verhindern.
  8. Besteckbehälter nach einem oder mehreren der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Unterseiten (20, 21) der Wände, die jedes Fach bilden, verjüngt sind.
EP91120016A 1990-11-30 1991-11-25 Verbesserungen an einem Besteckbehälter für Geschirrspülmaschinen Expired - Lifetime EP0488093B1 (de)

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IT67947A IT1241322B (it) 1990-11-30 1990-11-30 Perfezionamenti ad un cestello portaposate per una lavastoviglie
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FR2784886B1 (fr) * 1998-10-26 2001-03-02 Sabine Renne Josephine Cabello Mini machine a laver les couverts a vaisselle
DE10056489A1 (de) † 2000-11-15 2002-05-23 Bsh Bosch Siemens Hausgeraete Einrichtung zur Verbesserung der Trocknungsleistung einer Geschirrspülmaschine
DE102004063275A1 (de) * 2004-12-29 2006-07-13 BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH Wasserführendes Haushaltgerät
DE102004063286B4 (de) * 2004-12-29 2023-04-20 BSH Hausgeräte GmbH Geschirrspülmaschine mit einer Auflösungskammer
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